Andrew!" She called the lad's name, but there was no answer.
"Andrew! where are you ?" The mother looked searchingly about the room.

But she neither saw the boy nor heard his voice.

Perceiving now that the back-window was open, she sprung to it with a sudden thrill of alarm.

The first object that caught her sight, was Andrew suspended in the air on the pole that supported the pigeon-box.

He was just about reaching the object of his perilous adventure.